Europe’s gigafactories must prioritise sustainability to differentiate, panellists at Giga Europe 2024 caution

European gigafactories must distinguish themselves from Asian counterparts by embedding sustainability into their supply chains and production processes, according to panellists at last week’s Benchmark Giga Europe 2024 conference in Stockholm, Sweden. “We need to differentiate ourselves from the competition in Asia,” said Vincent Veron, Head of Transition Minerals, Metals, and Batteries at BNP Paribas. […]

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